All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid capture, one former soldier told NBC News.

Budanov said North Korea has sent 120 self-propelled howitzers and 120 MLRS to Russia, and is likely to send the same number again.

Hyunseung Lee, a former soldier who fled North Korea, told BI that those sent to fight against Ukraine have "zero relationship with modern warfare."

The North Korean troops fighting for Russia are highly trained and will stop at nothing to avoid surrender, Ukrainian sources tell Sam Kiley, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor, in Sumy

Kharkiv region. In Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv province, a Russian glide bomb struck a residential area two miles from the frontlines, near the city of Kupyansk, killing two women on Jan. 26.

Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said North Korea has already provided Russia with 120 self-propelled artillery guns and 120 multiple-launch rocket systems, with more to come.

North Korea is likely preparing to send additional troops to Russia after suffering heavy losses in battles against Ukrainian forces, South Korea's military said Friday.

North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine provide a rare window into covert military collaboration.

LONDON -- North Korea's entry into Russia's war in Ukraine, including through sending troops, has demonstrated how Asian and European security are "connected," Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told Nikkei.

Northeast Asia's power balance will shift as the US adopts an 'America first' security policy and a friendlier attitude towards Kim Jong-un Could North Korean leader Kim Jong-un capitalise on another chance during a Trump 2.

A North Korean company started marketing its products with a reference to lessons learned in Russia's fight against Ukraine.